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• Anna Krahn († 1993)
• Antje van der Zel, Texel († 1980)
• Aaltje Odink, Collendoorn († 2010)
• Aaltje Schoep, Heerde, Nederland († 1989)
• Abraham Cornelis Overbeeke, Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland († 1988)
• Aaltje Bos († 1997)
• pilage, dalen NL († 1956)
• Albertje Lotterman, Havelte († 2002)
• Leijten, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1916)
• Ada Celesta Perschbacher, Chesley, Bruce, Ontario, Canada († 1999)

• Cornelis Tuinenburg (76), Moordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Schalks (72), Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries JONKERS (69), Arnhem(Geld)
• Auke Thomas Nijdam (95), Gaastmeer, Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antoon Johannes de Kruijf (27), Overschie, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• arie BAKKER (88), dordrecht
• Andries Jonkers (69), Arnhem
• Anthonie Martinus van Klaarwater (77), (UT) Baarn
• Antoon Johannes de Kruijf (27), Overschie
• Cornelia Weeland (88), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

• 1913 » Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper († 1980)
• 1914 » Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh-English soldier and actor († 1999)
• 1914 » Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani psychoanalyst, poet, and scholar († 1988)
• 1916 » Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver († 1961)
• 1917 » Han Suyin, Chinese-Swiss physician and author († 2012)
• 1917 » Pierre Sévigny, Canadian colonel, academic, and politician († 2004)
• 1920 » Irene Dailey, American actress († 2008)
• 1921 » Frank McGee, American journalist († 1974)
• 1921 » Stanisław Lem, Ukrainian-Polish philosopher and author († 2006)
• 1921 » Turgut Cansever, Turkish architect, city planner, and thinker († 2009)

• 1903 » Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)
• 1918 » George Reid, Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1923 » Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)
• 1942 » Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1945 » Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese field marshal and politician, 44th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1949 » Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (b. 1870)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
• April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
• April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
• June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
• August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
• November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.

The temperature on September 12, 1916 was between 8.7 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.